Esperance-Melbourne. The South

Esperance was the last "real" city before crossing the "Nullarbor" (from null arbor in latin, got it?) plain, so we just enjoy the last moments of civilization, get supplies, check the car, you know, these things you really get used to do before driving in OZ. But, before that we visited the awesome Cape Le Grand National Park: White sand, cristaline water (the best beaches in Australia says the advert...) and some small peak with capricius shapes.

Taking pictures for this blog!!!

Close to the French Peak summit with Le Grand beach in the background.

No big dramas crossing the Nullarbor, some overheat engine stop, but everything under normality with this hot. Here you can find the largest straight in Australia, close to 150 km. (yeah, a bit boring, but the music was good).
After the Nullarbor we looked for some place to stretch our legs and the Flinders Range is a bush walking paradise, so we spent a couple of days there, enjoying the landscape and the peace of these small towns.

Adelaide was the next stop in the road. A nice surprise, I must admit, I expected something diferent and the city received us with its best weather and we really had some good times. The botanical garden is a "must" in the city.

An artistic photo I took in the magnificient Botanic Garden. Man, I love that picture!

From Adelaide, we drove to Mt. Arapiles, the "Meca" of climbers in Australia. Too many pictures for the trip post, so I decided to create a special post for Arapiles. Have a look if you want to see big rocks, ropes, nuts, smiles... Just tell you that the initial plan was to spend there just one night and finally we stayed there three (and it's in my black list to come back and spend...)

So, as Mt. Arapiles is close to The Grampians National Park, this NP was our next stop, we did some normal tourism, hiked and climb a peak with great views.

From The Grampians if you drive 150 km south you find The Great Ocean Road, another "must" for the OZ tourist. I don't want to explain to much, but after the solitude of the west, the quantity of tourists of this place stressed me a bit. Anyway, I must say the place is spectacular, see the pictures...Yeah too many, but, it was so difficult to choose...

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road Coast. No comments.

Great Ocean Road. Twelve Apostols.

The Great Ocean Road lead as to Melbourne, after a freak night in a service center 50 km of the city, I won't forget that free hot shower in my life...

What to say about Melbourne...mmm...difficult, but I can say that I feel great in this big city where you can have "four seasons in one day" (Now I know why!) Still some experiences to live here so I'll updated that when I'll leave the place.

The guys of the funny face :-P

Melbourne. Views from the Observation Deck.

The City from the South bank of the Banka river.